It was a sad day for the video game industry and Nintendo fans the world over when the company announced the passing of their erstwhile president, Hiroshi Yamauchi. Building the company up from a small family business into an enduring entertainment monolith, Yamauchi left be...More →

There are a lot of classic villains in the British science fiction TV show Doctor Who, but none more memorable than the Doctor’s ultimate foes: the Daleks! While there’s always been a slightly comical element around these characters (it's been said they resemble trash ca...More →

Evolution has produced some pretty spectacular brains in the last billion or so years. Humans are, of course, not the only animal to benefit from them. Certain species, in particular, possess an uncanny level of intelligence that in some areas even put us humans to shame. So...More →

Fall is right around the corner, and that means we'll all have to start layering up. Well, why do with it with any ordinary jacket, when there are so many awesome jackets with oodles of geek appeal on Etsy and Thinkgeek.com? Here's a look at some of the geekiest jackets to b...More →

Any day now, the sun will expand into a red giant and burn us all to a crisp. Well, by “any day”, we really mean “in five billion years or so,” so you should probably still be planning for a significant future and retirement. The sun is really the least of our proble...More →

When a teenage Jim Henson crafted his first Muppet way, way back in 1955, did he have any idea what a phenomenon he had just created? These hysterical and lovable characters have endured at the forefront of pop culture for decades for one simple reason: they're freaking awes...More →

Every few months a new Marvel superhero movie is conquering the box office and soon on September 24 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be making a splash on our television sets, but have you noticed Marvel is also taking over off screen?
Over the last month more superhero-themed...More →

Happy Friday! We scoured twitter to bring you the very best in this week's celebrity geek tweeting. Harry Potter, centaurs, and the promise of a brighter tomorrow is revealed when a certain celebrity utters the game-changing phrase "tooth brushing robots." Which tweeter up...More →

In an effort to bring you the best in terrible candy coverage, we've eaten vomitous jelly beans, chewed on meaty gum, and tried out candy sticks that taste like a perfume counter. But something happened today, as we set off on yet another journey into the land of unholy swee...More →

Puppies are amazingly adorable, cosplay is awesome, and when you mix the two together they form an amazingly awesome combo that's far too adorable to resist. So without further ado, here are some ridiculously cute dogs cosplaying it up. Folks, this is what the internet was i...More →